Fellows Directory
Stewart Turner
Professor Stewart Turner FRS
Fellow
Elected:
1982
Biography
Stewart Turner has made major contributions to the understanding of many basic processes in geophysical fluid dynamics, particularly in the atmosphere and oceans. His important studies of turbulent convection, entrainment in stratified flows mixing across density interfaces and double diffusive convection are widely known and applied in several areas of science and engineering. His monograph, Buoyancy Effects in Fluids, published by Cambridge University Press in 1973 (and in paperback in 1979) gives an authoritative review of this field of research.
Professional positions
Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, Research School Of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
Interests and expertise
Subject groups
Keywords
foam patches behind breaking waves,
geophysical fluid dynamics,
melting of ice in the Arctic Ocean and from glaciers